Lost Boy Cider won Best in Show Tuesday night for its 2020 Comeback Kid cider in the 2021 Virginia Governor’s Cup.
In a Facebook post (below) showing a smiling team, Lost Boy Cider wrote, "A special night. Honored and humbled. Thank you to our loyal customers, the City of Alexandria, the Virginia Wine Board and the Virginia Wine Association as well as the judges and managers of one of the countries most prestigious wine competitions. Tonight we celebrate. Tomorrow we remain focused on creating the best cider we know how to make."
This is the first year that Virginia cider was judged in its own category in the Governor's Cup, which started out by judging wines. There were 27 entries in the cider category.
Lost Boy Cider’s 2020 Comeback Kid won a gold medal earlier in the Governor's Cup competition, which put it in the running for Best in Show.
The cidery’s 2020 Wingman and Hazy Hopped ciders won silver medals, and the 2020 Pumpkinhead and En Fuego won bronze awards.
This month, Lost Boy is introducing a new cider called Cherry Blossom: “Shenandoah apples confermented with both dark sweet cherries and tart Montmorency cherries combined with whole Jasmine blossoms. The final balance is juicy ripe cherry up front and a finish of white flowers and sun-dried hay on the back,” according to the cidery.
Lost Boy Cider opened in 2019. Founded by Tristan Wright, who got into cider after discovering a gluten allergy, the cidery is at 317 Hooffs Run Dr. The cidery's head cidermaker is David Biun.
